ULTRASONOGRAPHY EVALUATION OF CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY WITH CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATION.

Abstract

Background- Cervical lymphadenopathy is one of the most common causes of mass in head and neck region; there are various causes of CL common among them are reactive, tuberculosis, metastasis, and lymphoma.

Methods- In this study, 100 patients age between 12 years and 80 years with cervical lymphadenopathy referred for ultrasonography of neck to the Department of Radiodiagnosis, S.P. Medical College, over a period of 1 Year are included in this study.

Result- out of 59 Metastatic nodes 45 (76%) were present in males and 14 (24%) in females. Lymphoma was found to be in 9 patients of which 6 (67%) were males and 3 (33%) females. Tubercular nodes were presents in 11 cases, of which 6 were males (54%) and 5 were females (46%).Reactive lymphadenopathy was noted in 21 cases out of which 13 were males (61%) and 8 were females (39%).

Conclusion- This study concludes that ultrasonographic examination proved as a valuable primary investigation to identify lymph nodes and differentiate non-neoplastic and neoplastic lymphadenopathy.

Keywords- Cervical lymphadenopathy, Ultrasonography, Malaginant.